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Pre-CES 2012 News Roundup

With photo-sharing gaining worldwide traction, Samsung has responded with three Wi-Fi-enabled cameras, the WB850F, WB150F, and ST200F. With Samsung's SMART Wi-Fi technology, it is easier and less time-intensive to share and save images.

ARM CEO Warren East said in an interview at CES 2012 that he was not impressed with Intel's foray into the mobile smartphone market. He added that ARM took Intel as a serious competitior; however, Intel mobile smartphone CPUs would not be as power efficient as ARM's offerings.

Overloaded with CES 2012 news? Fret not, here's a curated list of prominent announcements and our impressions of technologies that made the headlines at this biggest consumer technology show on Earth. If you only have time for one CES-related article, this is it.

At CES 2012, Microsoft expressed their full commitment of a no compromise user experience across any type of device with the Metro UI being key across desktops, notebooks, tablets, phones and not to forget, the TV via the Xbox. We round-up all you need to know of this progression from Microsoft and its partners.

Intel is ushering a new era of computing with significant announcements at CES 2012 with the announcement of the new Intel Atom Z2460 mobile processor as well as future plans to deliver a more compelling experience for Ultrabooks.

Smartphone and tablet enthusiasts will recognize Qualcomm as the company behind the mobile processors of these devices. But is that all there is to the company that just launched its latest Snapdragon S4 series of system-on-chip (SoC) processors? Here's a round-up of the interesting technology showcased by the San Diego company, at CES 2012.

At CES this week, Dune HD demonstrated the new TV-301 media player, an upgrade to the TV-101. With the upcoming TV-301, Dune HD aims to have a firmer foothold in the media player market by appealing to mainstream users.

900Mbps Wireless 802.11n routers are just about making their appearance, but guess what? 1300Mbps Wireless 802.11ac based routers have started to pop up at the CES show, though they are still a long way from retail. Buffalo was one such vendor teasing the crowd with their prototype.

While all major TV brands have long adopted their own Smart TV platforms, it's only this year where we're seeing a major shift in remote controller designs to accommodate their new platforms. We check out what the big four brands were up to in CES 2012.

AMD's Fusion is ready to tackle consumer electronics devices and that's exactly what AMD showed us in their meeting room at CES with AMD APU based tablets running Windows 8 and an Android ICS x86 port. Plus, there's even a TV powered by an APU too.

Ever thought you could use a good hassle-free outdoor speaker system when you've gatherings? Soul Electronics addresses this with the Party in a Box, an all-in-one (huge) wireless speaker system with 8 speakers and all the features you'll need to conduct your mobile events.

For those that require their HDMI cables to extend beyond standard lengths, you'll need to use an HDMI repeater to achieve the distance required reliably. But now, a company demonstrates a straightforward solution using a point-to-point optical cable.